Who did it? !
Guan Yubai couldn't help thinking of the woodcutter he met by chance that day. Xiao Yi quietly sent secret guards to investigate, and quickly locked on the people in that village, but those people were obviously well-trained spies. The hidden guards didn't dare to get too close, lest they startle the snake. After monitoring from a distance for a few days, I was sure that there were at least five or six people living in the village. These people took turns to go up the mountain, collecting firewood or hunting in a regular manner, and they were doing a good job on the surface.
It's a pity that once people are watching, they will find that their behavior is full of mistakes-is there any village where only one or two people go out every day
After Guan Yubai and Xiao Yi learned of the secret guard's return, they deliberated carefully. First of all, the food purchased from each other can almost confirm that the other party has about eight to ten people; It is clear that someone will go up the mountain every day, and they will pass the trail "without trace". Obviously, these regular behaviors of them should be related to this mission, the purpose is to guard the road leading to Dengli. city trails.
So why are these Nanliang people masquerading as ordinary villagers guarding the trail
The secret hidden in it is very likely to become a major discovery that will affect the victory or defeat of this battle!
Xiao Yi decisively proposed to use himself as the bait to catch those Nanliang spies to take the bait——Xiao Yi, as the heir of Zhennan Prince, is definitely a very attractive bait, almost enough to lure those Nanliang people to take the bait for a while. !
If you want to ensure that the Nanliang people fall into their trap, you have to let the other party take it lightly and make the other party underestimate Xiao Yi's conduct in the world. Xiao Yi is very good at this kind of thing.
He and Guan Yubai called Nangong Yue and Fu Yunhe, and after a secret discussion in the study, they arranged for this outing, pretending that a group of young people came out to visit the mountains and rivers.
These Nanliang people really took the bait.
Guan Yubai and Xiao Yi seemed to have been leisurely and calm, but both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The most difficult part of this operation is to wipe out all the people in one go. We must not let any one escape back to Dengli City, and let Nayikaluo know any news, otherwise, all the plans will come to naught.
Guan Yubai and Xiao Yi looked at each other tacitly.
At this moment, Zhang Liehu is already a prisoner, but he can still sit here face to face with Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai. Of course, it is not because Guan Yubai insists on telling him these things that everyone knows, but because for something more important...
"It seems that Xiongtai still doesn't plan to say anything?" Guan Yubai tapped his index finger on the table casually, and said, "Since the coach of your country does not hesitate to let you stay there for 'several months', that path must be for him. Words are very important." Guan Yubai deliberately used an affirmative tone.
Zhang Orion gritted his teeth, raised his head, looked at Xiao Yi coldly with a brave and fearless expression, and said, "Xiao Yi, you don't need to waste your efforts in vain! We Nanliang people are not weak bones, I don't know anything of!"
Her tone of voice and expression were completely different from the straightforward one before, and there was even a hint of vigor all over her body. Lily watched silently from the side, thinking: With such acting skills, even if she is an actress, it is more than enough.
Faced with this person's ignorance, Guan Yubai's mouth curled up slightly. After all, "Say it or not" is not up to this Orion. If the other party finds out that he has exposed his identity and decides to cut himself decisively, then he will indeed take him Nothing.
Even if a living person stays silent, he can "reveal" more information than a dead person.
For example, Zhang Orion confirmed his guess just now. They have been guarding the village for several months, and this order was indeed issued by the coach Ikaluo.
For another example, when people hear something that is relevant to them, they will inevitably reveal their faults in some subtle expressions, such as sneering, panic, joy, complacency... It is also expressed in their limbs, fists, trembling, sweating... even if it is It passed by in a flash, but there are traces to follow.
Therefore, when Zhang Liehu and Da Chun reported to Xiao Ying just now, the uncontrollable panic convinced Guan Yubai that they had pulled out all the hidden stakes in the village.
Look, although the other party didn't say a few words, they said a lot.
The corner of Guan Yubai's mouth curled into a slight smile, and he raised his eyes to look directly at the Orion. His originally gentle eyes were like a sharp sword suddenly unsheathed, releasing a chilling sharpness.
Zhang Orion shuddered suddenly, and subconsciously avoided the other party's gaze.
He has been on the battlefield for decades, and he has countless lives in his hands. To him, killing people is not much different from his usual hunting in the mountains, killing chickens and ducks.
But just now, he actually felt the breath of a beast from this gentleman who has no power to restrain a chicken. This person is by no means an ordinary scholar, and even this person has killed countless times in his hands, so he can show such a look.
This person is not a scholar, not a strategist, but also a soldier, a soldier who fights on the battlefield!
how can that be possible? I don't know how many times this kind of person died on the battlefield, right
I don't know why, but the sense of contradiction emanating from this person made Zhang Orion's ominous premonition even stronger. Originally, he was just annoyed that he had underestimated Xiao Yi, so he fell into the trap of the Nanjiang people and ruined Ikaluo. A good game of chess laid by the general here, but now it has turned into panic from the bottom of my heart, just like animals often have a keen intuition before various natural disasters come, and then flee...
Obviously the war is still going on, but at this moment he has a feeling that Nanliang seems to be losing...
Zhang Liehu was already fidgeting, and couldn't help but wonder who this scholar-like young master was. He looked at each other again, and saw that the young master was sitting side by side with the Prince of Zhennan, and they both looked at him with smiles, one soft and the other firm, but they were equally grandiose in terms of momentum. If this son is really a soldier, he is by no means an ordinary soldier, but a figure who can keep pace with the prince of Zhennan!
When will there be such a character in the Southern Border Army? !
"Who are you?"
Before Zhang Orion noticed it, he couldn't help but blurt out the question.
Guan Yubai didn't respond yet, but Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said four words: "I won't tell you!"
If it weren't for the fact that this occasion was too serious, Lily almost couldn't laugh out loud about the military situation between the two countries. My own son is still so interesting!
However, these four words Xiao Yi came from the heart. Even if Xiao Bai’s name was to be mentioned, why bother to tell such an unknown junior? Here, in this little tile-roofed house.
At this time, Guan Yubai smiled slightly, and answered the wrong question: "Brother Zhang, I have one last question to ask..."
His gentle voice echoed in the room, not only the Orion and Dachun, but also everyone else held their breath subconsciously, the room was quiet, except for his voice, it seemed that they couldn't even hear everyone's breathing …
After a while, a group of people left the room, only Zhang Liehu and Dachun stayed inside forever.
As soon as he left the house, he saw Xiao An standing in the yard expressionlessly, with two unconscious "Orion" lying around his feet.
After Xiao An bowed to Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi casually gave a hand gesture, and Xiao An clasped his fists knowingly to accept the order, and followed Xiao Yi and his party out of the yard.
There is no need for these two Nanliang to live anymore. They were kept because they were worried that Orion and Dachun would commit suicide by taking poison like dead men... Now that they have obtained enough information from them, the rest of them will There is no need to keep it anymore.
"Xiao Ying, you go to Yanding City to get..."
Xiao Yi quickly gave orders to Xiao Ying, and Xiao Ying immediately took the order and left. Following Xiao An also came out of the yard, the faint smell of blood on his body made Nangong Yue and Han Qixia faintly guess what he did just now.
Even if they are doctors, they will not sympathize with those who should not sympathize, and Han Qixia is the same.
Han Qixia looked around the empty village, bit her lower lip, and couldn't help asking: "Isn't everyone in this village..." She couldn't bear to continue, but everyone knew the answer.
Everyone in this village must have died at the hands of Nanliang people, so these Nanliang spies could pretend to be hunters and woodcutters to guard here.
And in this village, at first glance, there is not a single trace of blood left, so where are those corpses... where are the corpses of so many villagers hidden? ... No one in the village really escaped this disaster
Han Qixia couldn't help clenching her fists, her face turned slightly pale. This is war! It was her who was once in the capital, unimaginably tragic and tragic...
"Cousin Xia..." Fu Yunhe looked at her worriedly, still regretting that he shouldn't have brought her out together.
Nangong Yue was also looking at Han Qixia, she seemed to read her thoughts, and said, "Xiao An, have you and Xiao Ying checked the whole village?"
"Concubine Huishi," Xiao An clasped his fists and replied, "This subordinate and Ah Ying have already checked all the vacant houses in the village, and there is no one there, only a few bloodstains were found in one or two rooms..."
Xiao Ying and Xiao An have been following Nangong Yue for several years, and Nangong Yue is very clear about their ability to handle affairs. The words just now were not for them, but for Han Qixia to listen to.
A faint light flashed in Xiao An's eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and kept the rest of his words hidden. In fact, he and Xiao Ying also discovered where these Nanliang people buried their stones, but it doesn't make much sense to talk about it or not.
Since his soul has returned to the west, why should he care where the corpse is buried!
After all, it is nothing but ashes to ashes, dust to dust!
Xiao An thought indifferently.
At this time, a gust of wind blows head-on, and the sound of trembling branches and leaves can be heard all around, rustling, rustling... The faint smell of blood and the vague sighs of the crowd all disappeared in this cool breeze...
In less than an hour, there was a rumbling sound of footsteps from outside the village. The leader was Yao Lianghang riding a red horse, and behind him were hundreds of soldiers in black armor running behind.
As soon as Yao Lianghang received Xiao Ying's summons, he brought hundreds of elite soldiers from the Xuanjia Battalion to the village as quickly as possible. The mission this time is of great importance, and the soldiers he brings are the elite among the elite.
"I've seen my son!"
Yao Lianghang got off his horse at the entrance of the village, and led a group of soldiers to salute Xiao Yi respectfully.
"Excuse me!" Xiao Yi waved his hand casually, signaling them to get up.
Yao Lianghang already knew what happened here from Xiao Ying, and he couldn't hide the excitement on his face. After maintaining the balance for several months, finally ushered in the hope of a breakthrough. This is a great opportunity for both the Southern Border Army and himself.
"Ahang, I'll leave this to you!" At this moment, Xiao Yi didn't have a trace of laughter on his face, his expression was stern, and his pair of dark and deep eyes looked at Yao Lianghang without blinking, which made Yao Lianghang's heart more excited.
This is the son's trust in him, that's why he entrusted him with such an important task! Yao Lianghang still maintained the posture of clasping his fists, and responded seriously: "Master, my subordinates will definitely live up to their trust!"
After the words fell, the hundreds of Xuanjia Battalion soldiers clasped their fists in unison and responded: "I will definitely live up to my trust!"
The expressions and eyes of all soldiers are almost the same, serious, sharp, and inviolable!
My southern territory is inviolable!
The blood feud of the people in southern Xinjiang must be avenged!
Everyone seemed to be silently swearing.
"Okay!" Xiao Yi laughed loudly, high-spirited.
Nangong Yue, Han Qixia, and Baihui Baihe on the side were even more shocked by the scene in front of them. As women who had never been on the battlefield, until now, they really felt the blood and faith of the soldiers, and they were so excited My blood boiled.
After a while, Xiao Yi and his party left the village on horseback, and handed it over to Yao Lianghang and the hundreds of soldiers of the Xuanjia Battalion.
The bodies of those Nanliang people were cleaned up quickly, and then the hundreds of soldiers disappeared, and the surrounding area calmed down again, as if the previous uproar had never happened, as if this was just an ordinary mountain village , only the vegetation and birds make noises in the breeze from time to time...
After finishing their official business, Xiao Yi, Nangong Yue, Guan Yubai and others rode back to Yanding City all the way, especially Xiaosi, who almost couldn't wait: they delayed for so long because of those Nanliang people. Han Yu must be starving! Even the voice was a little hoarse!
Xiao Si frowned slightly, and looked down at Han Yu hiding in his arms. It made a pitiful cry from its bright yellow beak, but it was quickly overwhelmed by Xiao Hui's cry above Xiao Si's head.
Xiao Si raises his eyes angrily and stares at Xiao Hui, that look seems to say: Go aside! Don't scare my Han Yu!
Unconvinced, Xiao Hui let out a louder cry, as if protesting with Xiao Si about something.
At this time, Yanding City appeared at the end of the official road, and the city gate guards hurriedly opened the city gate to welcome the prince back.
Everyone entered the city smoothly all the way, and galloped directly to the garrison mansion.
By the time they arrived at Dong'an Avenue where the Garrison Mansion was located, the sun had already started to set, and the afterglow of the setting sun enveloped the entire Yanding City. Everyone hadn't eaten well for a whole day. They only used some dry food at random after they dealt with the Nanliang spies. At the moment, they are all hungry.
The Defense Mansion was tens of meters ahead, and everyone began to slow down their horses one after another, but they did not expect that something unexpected happened at the gate of the Defense Mansion.
At this time, the corner door on one side of the garrison mansion was open, and a girl wearing a light blue brocade gown with a blue color was standing outside the corner door with a young maid in green clothes. A woman at the gatehouse of the garrison mansion was talking to her, There was still some distance, so everyone couldn't hear what they were saying, only Guan Yubai stared at the mother-in-law's lips, raising his eyebrows.
The little girl in green clothes heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind, she hurriedly followed the sound, she was happy, and said something to the girl in the lake-colored dress, and the next moment, the girl and the porter's wife were all together. Qi Di looked at Xiao Yi and his party.
I saw that the girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pair of bright willow-leaf eyes half full of autumn water on her oval face, and when she pursed her lips and smiled, a pair of dimples appeared on her cheeks, which made people feel good.
Her jet-black hair was tied in a crescent bun, and she only wore a simple and elegant light yellow silk flower. At her age, her attire was so clean that one couldn't help but look sideways.
"Miss Sun..." Han Qixia blurted out in a low voice.
Nangong Yue, who was riding beside her, also heard it, turned her head to look at her, and said, "Sister Xia, do you know this girl?"
Han Qixia nodded and said, "We've met a few times..."
During the speech, everyone's horses had already arrived, and the porter saw the return of the son, and hurriedly opened the door to welcome him.
The young girl's eyes scanned the crowd on the horse, and at the same time she took two steps forward, and first saluted Xiao Yi: "I have seen the son of the world."
Xiao Yi glanced at her lightly, but did not speak.
There was a silence all around, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. At this time, Han Qixia got off her horse and greeted, "Miss Sun..."
That Miss Sun straightened her body, looked suspiciously at Han Qixia who was dressed in a blue robe, was startled, and said uncertainly: "Miss Han, are you Miss Han?"
Han Qixia nodded and asked, "Miss Sun, why are you here?"
Miss Sun smiled slightly, the pair of dimples on her cheeks deepened, and said: "Miss Han, I heard that the concubine Shizi has come to Yanding City, so I came here to pay her respects." As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something, and she showed a hint of something. Thinking expression, since Han Qixia is disguised as a man, will she...
Thinking about it, Miss Sun quickly glanced at Nangong Yue, Baihui and the others behind Han Qixia.
The concierge woman behind her looked embarrassed. She also knew the identity of the grand lady, and she didn't want to neglect her, but it was a coincidence that the grand lady came. Master, no one can receive Miss Sun.
Nangong Yue saw that Miss Sun seemed to be an acquaintance of Han Qixia, and she said that she was here to pay her respects. With a raised eyebrow, she also got off her horse and walked forward and said, "Sister Xia, this girl is..." She didn't deliberately try to hide it. His own female voice is poised.
Upon hearing Nangong Yue's address to Han Qixia, Miss Sun's eyes flashed, and she thought: Sure enough, this one is the concubine. She thought that the eldest concubine was the daughter of the Nangong family, and she should be a gentle and elegant girl, but she didn't expect to be such a casual person. ... Also, since the concubine Shi Zi will send medicine to Yanding City with the army, she must have a bit of a willful temper.
Han Qixia hurriedly introduced to Nangong Yue: "Yue'er, this Miss Sun is the eldest daughter of Master Sun who guarded Yanding City, and also the only blood of Master Sun..."
When Han Qixia said it, there was a bit of embarrassment and emotion.
Nangong Yue frowned. At the beginning, when the Nanliang army approached the city, Sun Shoubei and Yanding City lived and died together, and committed suicide at the moment the city was broken. This incident has already spread throughout the southern border. And this Miss Sun, as the orphan of Sun Shoubei, really cannot be neglected.
It's no wonder that Miss Sun is dressed so plainly, it turns out she is keeping a filial piety for her family.
Miss Sun took half a step forward, and bowed respectfully to Nangong Yue: "The daughter of the people, Sun Xinyi, has seen the concubine. The daughter of the people learned that the concubine is coming to Yanding City, so she came here to pay her respects."
Nangongyue was exhausted and exhausted at the moment, but for this special Sun Xinyi, the Zhennan Palace had to express its position, which was also an expression of the Zhennan King's attitude towards those heroes who died in battle.
"Miss Sun is free." Nangong Yue raised her hand slightly with a smile, and praised, "Lan Xun Musk Yue, Zicheng Xinyi. Good name!"
Sun Xinyi was blessed again, and said: "Xie Shizi concubine's praise, this is the name my late father gave Xinyi..." Speaking of her deceased father, her eyes turned red, and a thin layer of thinness appeared in her eye sockets. Fog, revealing a bit sad.
Nangong Yue said again: "Miss Sun, please follow me into the mansion for a while."